PBP Enablement Lead — AI & Systems Strategy

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas, seeks a PBP Enablement Partner to design and operate headcount planning tools and processes for the People Business Partner organization.

You will build scalable infrastructure, partnering with Finance, Analytics, and COEs to enable data-driven decisions and AI-enabled workflows. You will turn data and priorities into actionable tools and recommendations, establishing a reliable single source of truth for PBP assignments and driving continuous improvement across the

Qualifications

• 12+ years in HR or People Operations.
• Strong analytical skills with workforce models in Excel or similar tools.
• Experience building or managing processes that span multiple teams or functions.
• Ability to work across ambiguity and evolving priorities without losing momentum.

Responsibilities

• Headcount Model & Planning: Manage the People Business Partner headcount model, maintain, evolve, and govern the methodology, assumptions, and ratio framework.
• Track PBP spans, ratios, and coverage to surface gaps, capacity risks, and optimization opportunities and translate those into clear recommendations.
• Support the business planning cycle with data, modeling, and insights.
• Maintain the PBP mapping as the single source of truth for PBP assignments.
• Center of Excellence (COE) Partnership & Consistency: Build and operationalize the partnerships between PBPs and COEs.
• Develop and maintain the tools, templates, and processes that help PBPs and COEs work together effectively.
• Identify where practices vary across LOBs and lead efforts to improve consistency where it creates value.
• Partner with COE leads to align on service delivery expectations and ensure PBPs have what they need to deliver.
• Systems, Tools, Processes, and AI Enablement: Manage the systems and tooling needs for the PBP organization, identifying, evaluating, and partnering to implement solutions that improve how PBPs operate.
• Partner with People Analytics to define core PBP reporting needs, launch centralized PBP dashboards, and deliver team-wide enablement to drive data-informed insights.
• Lead process improvement efforts, identifying where manual work can be automated, where tools can reduce friction, and where AI can accelerate delivery.
• Partner with People Analytics and Technology teams to ensure PBP tools are connected, accurate, and useful.
• Support the PBP AI champion network, sharing best practices, driving adoption of AI tools across the PBP organization, and guiding how AI integrates into PBP workflows

Skills

HR experience

Analytical skills

Process design

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Workday

Job description

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas, seeks a PBP Enablement Partner to design and operate headcount planning tools and processes for the People Business Partner organization.

You will build scalable infrastructure, partnering with Finance, Analytics, and COEs to enable data-driven decisions and AI-enabled workflows. You will turn data and priorities into actionable tools and recommendations, establishing a reliable single source of truth for PBP assignments and driving continuous improvement across the